Pat Casey — Watch Them Work

2026-01-21

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Cormac McKay Housing

Housing Stock Rehabilitation and Allocation Bill 2026

2026-01-21

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Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

Rehab's Pre Budget Submission

2026-01-20

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Cairn Homes plc Housing

General conversations with various DPOs (listed below) on the Irish residential construction industry and the broader housing market.

2026-01-20

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The Social and Affordable Housing Alliance Housing

Outlining the Housing Alliance's priorities for the National Housing Plan

2026-01-16

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ENERGY CLOUD Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) Energy and Natural Resources

Written Submission and Presentation to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

2026-01-15

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Threshold Housing

Exempted Development legislation

2026-01-08

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Irish Green Building Council Housing

On behalf of members to inform on the work of Vacant to Vibrant Building Alliance.

2025-12-16

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Mercy Law Resource Centre CLG Housing

Wrote to Oireachtas Committee Members Regarding 1988 Act prior to appearing before Committee

2025-09-19

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Friends of the Earth Housing

Input into Housing Committee Work Programme

2025-09-19

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Mercy Law Resource Centre CLG Housing

Letter to Oireachtas Housing Committee

2025-09-18

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Alice Public Relations Housing

Housing Alliance Campaign: focusing on the role Approved Housing Bodies are playing to help solve the housing crisis and their vision for the future

2025-09-18

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Lir Communications Ltd Housing

Letter to introduce the ILEA and to request a meeting to discuss industry priorities.

2025-09-15

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HAIL - Housing Association for Integrated Living Housing

Invitation to HAIL Annual Report Launch

2025-09-11

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Simon Communities of Ireland Housing

Email to Joint Oireachtas Housing Committee on Solutions Re: Homelessness

2025-09-08

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Threshold 2 returns Housing

Threshold's policy priorities
Oireachtas Committee Session

2025-08-27

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National Traveller MABS Housing

NTMABS as a part of a group of civil society organisations working to end energy poverty and ensure warm, affordable homes for all, we are writing to highlight three priority policy areas that the Committee should address in its 2025 work programme.

2025-05-21

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Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers Housing

Sought attendance, and briefed attendees at the informal IPAV Cross-Party Committee on property market reform.

2025-05-19

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Rockwood Consulting ULC Housing

Requested to attend meeting of the informal IPAV Cross-Party Committee on property market reform

2025-01-18

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The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Budgetary matters

Finance Bill 2024

2019-12-03

VOTE

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

~ abstained on the motion motion failed · 53–56

2019-11-27

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding which will be provided to Wicklow County Council in 2020 in lieu of the loss of commercial rates from Irish Water properties; the funding provided to date in 2019; the loss of income incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49255/19]

2019-10-22

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the contact his Department has had with EUROSTAT on the classification of the Land Development Agency as being on balance sheet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43549/19]

2019-10-08

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the fire station capital plan and the need to upgrade many fire stations such as Baltinglass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40907/19]

2019-10-08

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there are grants for water well drilling for domestic houses. [40946/19]

2019-10-08

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the roll out of the affordable housing scheme and serviced sites fund; the number of housing schemes approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40947/19]

2019-10-01

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the roll-out and take-up of the multi-annual rural water programme announced in February 2019 and for which the deadline for applications was 14 March 2019; the number of applicants successful and unsuccessful by local authority area for each measure under the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39863/19]

2019-05-30

VOTE

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018

A bill to make provision for ease of access to a housing adaptation grant for people with a disability for those applicants qualifying for same and to provide for related matters.

✗ voted against Amendment again put: motion failed · 32–65

2019-04-11

VOTE

Building the Housing of the Future · 5 divisions

✓ voted for the motion the motion motion failed · 56–60
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 3–111
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 18–98
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 26–92
✗ voted against Amendment again put: motion failed · 45–74

2019-04-02

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment recipients benefiting from discretionary payment increases, by county; the number of homeless housing assistance payment recipients benefiting from discretionary payments; the average increase per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15096/19]

2019-04-02

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the housing assistance discretionary payment is exempt from rent pressure zone criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15097/19]

2019-02-26

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase apprenticeships in the construction sector in view of the shortage of skilled staff to address the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9253/19]

2018-11-29

VOTE

Social Housing Bill 2016

A bill to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 to provide for an increased percentage of social and affordable housing in private residential developments and in strategic development zones

✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 76–44

2018-10-16

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the progress of the programme for a partnership Government on the housing crisis. [41755/18]

2018-10-04

VOTE

Housing

✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 83–43

2018-09-07

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which the population growth targets under the national development plan will be implemented in each local authority; the impact of same on the capacity of local authorities such as in County Wicklow to make provision for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36772/18]

2018-06-14

VOTE

Housing · 3 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion failed · 39–71
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 36–72
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 35–76

2018-06-12

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the criteria for the extension of the rental pressure zones to other areas of the country in view of the increases that continue to take place in counties such as County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24697/18]

2018-06-12

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of pre-planning meetings that have taken place in relation to housing developments, including one-off rural houses, by local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24720/18]

2018-06-12

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there will be a review of the powers of the chief executive role in local authorities, with a view to ensuring accountability and transparency in local government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25228/18]

2018-05-29

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reasoning behind the decision to prevent parliamentary scrutiny by means of parliamentary question of Irish Water and its responsibilities in respect of provision to housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23141/18]

2018-05-23

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason for the delay in publishing the wind farm planning guidelines; the reason for the current policy towards onshore industrial size wind farming in sensitive landscapes such as County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22753/18]

2018-05-23

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the budget allocated to each local authority house building programme in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22775/18]

2018-05-23

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the expenditure on the Rebuilding Ireland website and public relations since its inception in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22782/18]

2018-05-17

VOTE

Affordable Housing · 3 divisions

✓ voted for the motion the motion motion failed · 39–79
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 36–75
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–73

2018-03-08

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to address the anomaly whereby tenants on the RAS scheme cannot transfer to HAP even though there is a shortage of RAS units and social houses while at the same time HAP units may be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11098/18]

2018-03-08

VOTE

Provision of Cost-Rental Public Housing

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 41–81

2018-02-01

VOTE

Affordable Housing · 5 divisions

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–93
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–82
✗ voted against the motion the motion motion failed · 40–85
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 14–118
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 41–89

2018-01-17

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position regarding the damage to upland landscapes by the construction of onshore industrial wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2188/18]

2017-11-29

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of fines and-or prosecutions levied against building owners under section 65 of the Housing Act 1966; the number of unsuccessful prosecutions under this section, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50735/17]

2017-11-29

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of enforcement orders that have been lodged against apartment owners for using their home for home sharing by local authorities to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50734/17]

2017-11-29

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applications for change of use by apartment dwellers for the purposes of home sharing that have been lodged in local authorities to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50822/17]

2017-10-26

VOTE

Housing · 4 divisions

✗ voted against the motion the motion motion failed · 42–90
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–125
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 37–99
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 52–82

2017-09-28

VOTE

Housing · 2 divisions

✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 40–37
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 41–36

2017-09-21

VOTE

Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017

A bill to amend the Constitution

✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion failed · 37–73

2017-06-27

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the onshore wind farm policies in terms of minimum distances, in view of the planning applications of large industrial wind farms in south County Wicklow and the large opposition to these developments by local residents and communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29725/17]

2017-05-25

VOTE

Residential Tenancies (Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) (Amendment) Bill 2016 · 2 divisions

A bill to amend the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004; to lessen the effects of the housing, rental and homelessness emergency for the common good; to establish a fair rent scheme; to promote affordable rents and increased security of tenure for tenants in designated fair rent areas and to provide for related matters

✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 98–41
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 99–40

2017-05-17

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether there are significant problems with section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016, which only allows for a second extension for housing developments that commenced on site before their original planning permission expired, in view of the fact most of these would have been before 2012. [23536/17]

2017-05-17

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason he has not commenced section 28 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016. [23537/17]

2017-05-17

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the advice which can be given to developers whose planning permission and a section 42 extension have expired and are awaiting section 28(2) commencement to apply for a second extension; if, in the intervening period, all construction work should cease until such time as the Minister decides to commence section 28 and the developer can apply for an extension or if such developers should re-apply for planning permission; and his views on whether this is acceptable. [23538/17]

2017-05-17

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Act provided for a second extension for a housing development with 20 or more units that had been commenced and had not required an EIA or AA screening in the initial application, rather than just in respect of a development of the type referred to in subsection 42(1)(a)(i) of the principal Act, as amended. [23539/17]

2017-05-17

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether a major mistake was made by him and his officials in the drafting of section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016; and his plans to hold anyone to account for this error in view of the costly effect it is having and will have on delaying major housing developments for which planning permission expires. [23540/17]

2017-05-17

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the specific amendments he plans to make to section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 in the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016; and his views on whether the non-enactment of section 28(2) could have very serious consequences in delaying housing developments for which planning permission has expired. [23541/17]

2017-04-11

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of enforcement notices served by local authorities on construction projects entered into the building control management software since 1 March 2014, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18242/17]

2017-04-11

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of legal proceedings instigated by local authorities on construction projects entered on to the building control management software since 1 March 2014, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18243/17]

2017-04-11

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of High Court injunctions sought for non-compliance in events of a considerable and serious danger to the public by local authorities on construction projects entered on to the building control management software since 1 March 2014, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18244/17]

2017-04-11

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the ratio of residential to commercial to mixed use developments as per lodged valid commencement notices since 1 March 2014, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18245/17]

2017-04-11

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of valid commencement notices lodged with the building control management software which relate to fast-tracked planning by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18246/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of valid commencement notices lodged with the building control management software since 1 March 2014, by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12858/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of valid commencement notices which included a completed optout declaration lodged with the building control management software since 1 September 2015, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12861/17]

2017-03-21

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of on-site inspections carried out by local authorities on construction projects entered onto the building control management software since 1 March 2014 that were deemed to be covered by valid commencement notices, by each local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13059/17]

2017-02-02

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's guidelines and regulations for a company (details supplied); the timeframe for the working group to report on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5163/17]

2016-12-16

VOTE

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad] · 8 divisions

~ abstained on the motion motion passed · 52–43
~ abstained on a sub-amendment motion failed · 43–52
~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion failed · 43–52
~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion passed · 52–43
~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion failed · 34–59
~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion failed · 41–49
~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion failed · 39–50
~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion passed · 51–40

2016-12-15

VOTE

Social and Affordable Housing Bill 2016 · 2 divisions

A bill to amend various enactments with a view to improving the supply of social and affordable housing and to provide for related matters.

~ abstained on the motion the motion motion passed · 57–49
~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion passed · 57–49

2016-12-13

VOTE

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 · 4 divisions

A bill to facilitate the implementation of the document entitled "Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness" that was published by the Government on 19 July 2016, and for that and other purposes to amend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2015, the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2015 and the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981, to amend the Local Government Act 1998 in relation to the Local Government Fund and to provide for connected matters

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 2–5
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 2–5
✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 5–2
✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 2–4

2016-12-08

VOTE

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]

✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 91–45

2016-09-27

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of planning enforcement proceedings on short-term lettings that have been commenced by each local authority against a company (details supplied) and other online platforms, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26595/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the location and status of the 720 identified sites for local authority social housing in the Rebuilding Ireland plan by local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26162/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing development and one off housing planning permissions granted, refused, and withdrawn by local authority area by year since 2007, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26163/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of professional and or trained human resources personnel in each local authority by year since 2007, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26164/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the the number of the 720 sites for local authority housing as identified in Rebuilding Ireland that are serviced sites, by local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26166/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the timeframes involved in each of the revised four stage social housing approval process as outlined in Rebuilding Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26175/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if elected Cathaoirlaigh or Mayors of local authorities are permitted to attend management team meetings of their local authority; the criteria used for allowing or not allowing such joint meetings to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26182/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authority capital housing scheme applications lodged with his Department including their current status, by local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26188/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Housing

Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of personnel employed in the housing and planning sections of each local authority area by year since 2007 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26200/16]

2016-07-21

VOTE

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016

A bill to enable a housing authority to sell a dwelling acquired by a housing authority under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to a tenant of such a dwelling

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 84–42